Getting Hitched
A Hitchcock Retrospective
Thursdays & Sundays • January 1–June 14, 2026
The Hi-Pointe rings in 2026 by celebrating Alfred Hitchcock with a 16-film retrospective that commences on New Year’s Day and continues through mid-June. Hopscotching across the Master of Suspense’s long and storied career, which stretched from the silent era through the New Hollywood of the 1970s, the series includes a trio of his precedent-setting British works but focuses on Hitchcock’s absurdly fertile American period.
The Thursday matinees for six of the films – Blackmail, The 39 Steps, Shadow of a Doubt, Notorious, Rear Window, and Vertigo – will feature introductions and post-film discussions by Cliff Froehlich, former Riverfront Times film critic and retired executive director of Cinema St. Louis. These discussion screenings are generously sponsored by St. Louis Oasis. Froehlich will likely make surprise appearances at a few additional screenings – we’ll keep you in suspense – and he also contributes the synopses for the entire film series.
Torn Curtain
- Thu, Apr 23
Director: Alfred Hitchcock Run Time: 127 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 1966
Starring: Hansjörg Felmy, Julie Andrews, Lila Kedrova, Paul Newman, Tamara Toumanova
The first of Alfred Hitchcock’s Cold War thrillers – it was followed by Topaz – Torn Curtain tells...
Psycho
- Thu, May 7
- Sun, May 10
Director: Alfred Hitchcock Run Time: 109 min. Format: 4K DCP Release Year: 1960
Starring: Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, John Gavin, Martin Balsam, Vera Miles
Arguably the last of Hitchcock’s masterworks – some will champion The Birds – Psycho approaches perfection. Although flawed...
Rear Window
- Thu, May 14
- Sun, May 17
Director: Alfred Hitchcock Run Time: 112 min. Format: 4K DCP Release Year: 1954
Starring: Grace Kelly, James Stewart, Raymond Burr, Thelma Ritter, Wendell Corey
Part of the St. Louis Oasis Screening & Discussion Series — intro and discussion at the Thursday screening only.
The Birds
Director: Alfred Hitchcock Run Time: 120 min. Format: 4K DCP Release Year: 1963
Starring: Jessica Tandy, Rod Taylor, Suzanne Pleshette, Tippi Hedren, Veronica Cartwright
...and remember, the next scream you hear may be your own!
North by Northwest
Director: Alfred Hitchcock Run Time: 136 min. Format: 4K DCP Release Year: 1959
Starring: Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, Jessie Royce Landis, Leo G. Carroll
Writer Ernest Lehman’s sophisticated, inexhaustibly witty scenario for Alfred Hitchcock’s North by Northwest is a relative rarity in...
Vertigo
Director: Alfred Hitchcock Run Time: 128 min. Format: 4K DCP Release Year: 1958
Starring: Barbara Bel Geddes, Henry Jones, James Stewart, Kim Novak, Tom Helmore
Part of the St. Louis Oasis Screening & Discussion Series — intro and discussion at the Thursday screening only.